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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sunday, October 11, 1970r
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EFFECTS ON CHILDREN:
Working mothers
discuss problems
Workshops investigate sexual
oppression, radical lesbianism
By SARA FITZGERALD
Among the variety of subjects
discussed in t h e University's
Teach-In on Women workshops
yesterday was the effects of work-
ing mothers on young children.
Elizabeth Douvan led women in
a discussion of the problems they
face as workers and mothers
Douvan pointed out that o 1 d
studies always emphasized the
negative effects of working moth-
ers, particularly in cases of juven-
ile delinquency. She said, however,
that studies now show these /ef-
fects are only found in poor fam-
ilies where the mother h a s to
work fulltime.
males rap
on roles
as sexists
By W. E. SCHROCK;
"My problem is that I'm a male
chauvinist. I don't likebeing a
male chauvinist '. . . I have fucked
women just because I have hated
their guts , . . I am alienated,
lonely, and I want to relate to
women, and men too, as friends
and people."
One man expressed this feeling
in yesterday's workshop on anti-
male supremacy as part of the
University's Teach-In on Women.
Up to 100 men attended this
workshop for males.
The workshop had no leader or
designated purpose, and the group
soon decided to break down into
smaller sections for discussion. A
few women observed but did not
participate.
Workshop participants generally
felt that there was a need for
men to relate to men in a group
just as they recognized the need
for women to relate to all-women
groups.
"Those of us that were kicked
out of the meeting this morning
with Robin Moran were disap-
pointed," said one participant,
"but we've got to understand that
there are things that women want
to talk about without men there."
The discussion was free and un-
structured, ranging from abstract
dialogues on role-playing and
other theories to their personal
problems in overcoming their own
internalized male-chauvinism.
Greg Krusewski, a staff mem-
ber of the Pilot Program, ,ex-
plained that he was active in a
small, on-going men's anti-male
supremacy group. When others ex-
pressed an interest in organizing
other groups, Kruszewski said that
he would try to help coordinate
their efforts from Alice Lloyd
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"The correlation with juvenile
delinquency occurs because these
families have a father who is only
marginally employed, while t h e
more dominant mother works full
time as a domestic," explained
Douvan.
She also cited a stufly by Lois
Hoffman, a lecturer in the psy-
chology department, which show-
ed that women who enjoy their
work feel that when they come
- home, they must be exceptional
mothers. This makes thema feel
less guilty about liking their out-
side jobs, said Douvan.
Douvan said that unfortunately
not much research has been done
on the effects of day care centers
on young children..
Several womenl discussed the
differences the nuclear type fam-
ily found in America makes in
child-rearing. "When the em-
phasis is so much on giving a
child love, as it is now," Douvan
said "parents become frightened
when they feel angry towards
their children."
Daily Official Bulletin
IDay Calendar
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
Program in Comparative Studies in
History: Prof. S. N. Sisenstadt, He-
brew Univ., "The Problem of Tradition
in Studies in Modernization"; Rack-
ham Amphitheater, 4 p.m.
Physics Seminar: K. Berkelman, qor-
nell, "Deep Inelastic Electroproduc-
tion," P & A Co0loq. Rm., 4 p.m.
Thomas M. Cooley Lecture: New
Priorities in Criminal Justice: Bernard
Botein, former Presiding Justice, Su-
preme Court of N.Y., "Diversion of
Certain Cases and Offenders from the
Criminal Justice System": 100 Hutch-
ins Hall, 4:15 p.m.
Choral Union Series: L'Orchestre Na-
T tional Francais, Jean Martinon, con-
ductor: Hill Aud. 8:30 p.m.
General Notices
By TAMMY JACOBS
Sexual oppression of lesbians
and women in general_ was the
topic of two workshops held yes-
terday as part of the University's
Teach-in on Women.
"Sexual oppression is any sit-
uation that results from a person,
being identified chiefly by his
sex," said Jan BenDor, who led
the workshop on sexual oppres-
sion, attended by about 50 people.
An attempt to define sexual op-
pression brought a barrage of
statements from women who said
that men defined them as "sex
objects."
"Women are defined by looks,
men by status," said one 'woman
participant. "A man will say he
took out a beautiful girl, a woman
will say she was out with a foot-
ball player, or a med student."
One man questioned about how
women feel about being whistled
at as they walk down the street.
"I hate it," said one woman.
"Am I supposed to feel like I've
passed some sort of test? Do men
have to think of every girl they
see in terms of what she'd be like
in bed?"
The point was raised that women
react to a man's appearance al-
most as much as men react to a
woman's appearance, and that the
group had been stereotyping men
as creatures that think only of
women as sex objects.
"I can't get too sympathetic
about that," one woman respond-
ed. "It is a white man's world,
and even if they may be in some
ways oppressed, they're still in
control, and they can change it."
One woman, who described her-
self as 40 years old and the moth-
er of four children wanted to
know "how I am oppressed," but
added that when she got divorced,
her credit rating dropped and
she was unable to open charge ac-
counts.
She agreed with the others that
there is "institutionalized oppres-
sion" of women, but added that it
is the job of the young women
of today to change men's s e x
roles,
"I've been in the closet most of
my life and it feels so good to be
out in the open," said a member
of Radical Lesbians at a workshop
on the subject attended by about
35 women.
"The word radical means that
we think its a good thing to be a
lesbian and we want to develop a
positive thing about homosexual-
ity," said one of the two members
who led the workshop.
Radical Lesbians, it was ex-
plained, has
from lesbians
"intellectually
not yet had
ship."
members ranging
to people
bi-sexual,
a lesbian
who are
but have
relation-
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